Matt Doll

Matt Doll
Group	Dolls
Roles	Foe, Summon
Appearances	Epic Battle Fantasy 5

"I-is that supposed to be me? Am I really that dirty?"

―Matt

The Matt Doll is a foe and a summon in Epic Battle Fantasy 5. It typically appears in haunted areas like the Mystic Woods, Redpine Town and The Rapture, often alongside other Dolls.

Appearance

The Matt Doll is a small taupe-colored voodoo doll meant to resemble Matt. It is covered with stitches and discolored patches, with a pair of blue button eyes and a head of yellow "hair". It dons a small paper cutout of the Captain's Hat with a small White Feather perched on it, and wields half of a scissor to imitate Matt's preference for swords.

Overview

Much like its player counterpart, the Matt Doll mainly uses single-target physical attacks; either a non-elemental three-slash combo or Light Blade. It's also capable of casting an offensive buff on itself to bolster its damage or a defensive buff on any foe to make them a bit more resilient. Stat-wise, it has above-average Defence and below-average Magic Defence, making magic attacks more effective than physical attacks.

Like other Dolls, hitting this foe will result in the corresponding player taking damage equal to a % of their max HP proportional to how much of the Doll's max HP was lost to the attack (this takes into account overkill damage), even if they are in backup; Instant Death will also trigger this effect, as it's essentially an attack that deals damage equal to 100% of their HP. Healing the Doll will also in turn heal the corresponding player (this only happens if the Doll isn't at full HP). Damage/healing isn't affected by Invisible/Enchanted, but will be halved by Defend (except when Doom kills the Doll). This passive ability can be blocked by Syphoning the foe.

In general, the Matt Doll is a moderate threat on account of its Sympathy ability, but it becomes far more dangerous if allowed to buff itself. It should be dealt with carefully, and destroyed while Syphoned or while Matt is at full health.

The Matt Doll absorbs Dark, but is weak to Fire and especially Holy; however, it may be safer to kill a low-health Matt Doll with a neutral attack so as to prevent accidentally killing Matt. It has no status resistances or weaknesses. If "More Foe Resistance" is enabled, it retains its Dark absorption while gaining a significant Syphon resistance, massive Earth and Water weaknesses, and immunity to all other elements.

Statistics

	Matt Doll	EBF5
	It's a voodoo doll, so hitting it means hurting Matt as well! It also likes to use buff skills.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	240	4	4.4	4	3.7	4	4	55	5.1	5.1	37	33	23
Elemental Resistance
	-50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-80%	200%
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon					-
Name	Wool	Steel Plate	Super Tape	Plastic	-
Chance	100%	50%	30%	40%	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Scorch	Poison	Virus	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
3.465% per stack, up to 31.185%	6.93% per stack, up to 62.37%	1.98% per stack, up to 17.82%	3.96% per stack, up to 35.64%	16.5%	-22%
Damage taken from first four is decreased by 30% on Easy and 65% on Zero difficulties. Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Statistics with More Foe Resistance enabled.

	Matt Doll	EBF5
	It's a voodoo doll, so hitting it means hurting Matt as well! It also likes to use buff skills.

Statistics
Base Statistics								Exp	AP	SP	Gold	Hit2HP	Catch
	240	4	4.4	4	3.7	4	4	55	5.1	5.1	37	33	23
Elemental Resistance
	100%	100%	100%	-100%	100%	100%	-100%	100%	100%	200%
Status Resistance
	-	-	-	-	50%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Debuff Resistance
	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Item Drop Rate
Icon					-
Name	Wool	Steel Plate	Super Tape	Plastic	-
Chance	100%	50%	30%	40%	-

Status Damage
Damage taken from status effects, in % of maximum health (per turn), including elemental resistances:
Burn	Scorch	Poison	Virus	Doom (if Death fails)	Regen
0	0	0	0	16.5%	-22%
Damage taken from first four is decreased by 30% on Easy and 65% on Zero difficulties. Final damage is randomized by ±5% (except for Doom) and rounded down.

Attacks and Abilities

Attack List
Attack	Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Triple Slice	Single	36/3		----	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Light Blade	Single	32		100%	--	--	--	100%	10%	10%
Heavenly Shield	Ally	--	--	----	--	50% 50%		--	--	--
Temper	Self	--	--	----	--	50%		--	--	--
Sympathy	Matt	--	--	----	--	--	--	99999%	0%	0%
Notes: Calculates Max HP % lost (or gained) from an attack, and then deals that same maxHP % * mod as damage (or healing) to the player. Mod = 0.2x in Zero, 0.4x in Easy, 0.7x in Normal, 1x in Hard/Endless and 1.5x in Epic. Cannot be used if Syphoned. Damage is doubled if Counter-Attacking Foes is enabled.

Battle Logic

The following describes general logic of the enemy and attack patterns, with chances of each attack to be used. Conditions are listed from highest to lowest priority unless specified otherwise.

Action

• If catch score >55 and all players are Lovable → Flee
• If Syphoned or Berserked → Triple Slice;
• Otherwise → Triple Slice (1/3), Light Blade (1/3), Buff (1/3).
  • If the Matt Doll has less than a 15% Attack buff → Buff = Temper;
  • If the Matt Doll has less than a 15% Defence buff → Buff = Heavenly Shield on self;
  • Otherwise → Buff = Heavenly Shield on most damaged foe.

Additionally, on Hard or Epic difficulties, if the Matt Doll is Syphoned at the start of its turn, it'll automatically inflict 1x Berserk on itself (this doesn't take up its action).

Summon

The Matt Doll can be captured and used as a summon; it can also be randomly summoned between turns by the Alt Captain's Hat. It casts a modified version of Temper on an ally, giving them a few stacks of Bless and a powerful Attack buff.

	Matt Doll							SP
	Strongly buffs the attack power of an ally, and gives them blessed status.							35	Kept
Target	Power	Type	Element	Status Effect			Acc	Crit	RdF
Ally	--	--	----	--	85% 3x		--	--	--
Note: Before the v2 update, only gave 1x Bless.